Keywords: The Rainy Day
Item 100165
"Rainy Day" vine fragment, Portland, ca. 1902
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1902 Location: Portland Media: Grapevine
Item 100182
"The Rainy Day" postcard, Portland, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Portland Media: Postcard
Exhibit
Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland
The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.
Exhibit
Drawing Together: Art of the Longfellows
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is best know as a poet, but he also was accomplished in drawing and music. He shared his love of drawing with most of his siblings. They all shared the frequent activity of drawing and painting with their children. The extended family included many professional as well as amateur artists, and several architects.
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976
"Howling winds topping 80 miles an hour and rising tides made the conditions tough. The rain kept coming down."
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3
"… of workers, trucks and scaffolding on this rainy day indicate that the new bridge is not yet open to the public."
Story
Langdon Burton and the Cold, Wet Tourists
by Phil Tedrick
A father and son have their vacation experience totally changed by an encounter with a fisherman
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.